St. Mary's Online Academy (SMOA) is a global online learning platform offered by St. Mary's School, a renowned U.S. private preparatory school located in Medford, Oregon.

Our school started in 1865 in southern Oregon, located on the beautiful west coast of the United States of America. St. Mary's School has grown to provide an authentic American elementary, middle, and high school education to students in China, South Korea, Vietnam, and other parts of the world. Our integrated online courses are taught by an experienced American faculty whose skills and commitment are second to none.

We take pride in the program we deliver to your child! Courses are taught during normal school hours in Asian standard time. Online and offline learning networks are available to students.Live classroom and in-person, on-campus instruction is available.Students choose to attend online learning only or a combined offline/onsite learning environment. Students earn credits and receive transcripts and diplomas from St. Mary's School in Oregon.We offer a strong, professional and experienced bilingual tutoring team available to your student.One-to-one academic guidance and family education consultation is offered to all SMOA students and families. Our program provides a one-stop solution for students and parents interested in international education who want a full range of options and services.

All Credits are issued through St. Mary's Oregon in the US：

Grade 9-12

Ms. Aundréa Mitchell is currently a middle school math and science teacher at St. Mary's in Medford Oregon. She also teaches a variety of other science and engineering related classes that focus on hands-on learning. Along with her teaching role, she has been the middle school Science Olympiad coach for the past three years and had previously coached in North Carolina as well.

Students will spend their time in class creating a "build event" based on the science olympiad requirements. Students will be given a task to complete, and will use their understanding of science principles to meet the criteria and constraints of the project.

The main goal of the course will be to get hands-on experience, creating one of the build challenges. These challenges encourage students to think about a problem with a design/engineering mindset. Students are encouraged to think outside of the box to create a solution to the challenge while staying within the specified parameters. This mindset can only be developed through trial and error, making mistakes and learning from those mistakes.

Students will work on a knowledge event where they will study and prepare for a test subject that they might not otherwise experience in high school courses. These events challenge students to take a single topic and really dive into its details and intricacies while developing their study plan and preparing their materials.

Students who take this course typically go on to compete in the state Science Olympiad competition where they face-off against students from around the state in their various topics. International students are not able to compete in the state competition at this time, but can compete against each other in the class.